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The youth's gaze was fixated on one spot, unmoving for a long time.

He followed the youth's gaze and saw that it was the general's daughter, Baili Miyun.

Shen Hancheng raised his eyebrows slightly, he retracted his gaze and focused on the purple grapes that were placed amongst the pastries and fruits.

He reached out his hand and toyed with the freshly picked grape with his fingertips.

After a moment, he noticed that the youth beside him had finally retracted his gaze and lowered his eyes. The grapes in his hand quietly fell to the ground at this moment.

Instinctively, after Su Jinruo caught a glimpse of the falling grapes, he immediately reached out and caught them.

She gently raised her eyes and met Shen Hancheng's gaze.

There were some emotions that she couldn't understand mixed within that indifferent gaze.

While thinking, he suddenly saw him glance towards Baili Miyun's direction. Immediately, as if he had realized something, Su Jinruo's heart tightened, and the color in his eyes flickered, but he smiled: "Your highness should be careful, these grapes, when I get my hands on them, I won't return them back to you."

Shen Hancheng didn't have much of a reaction as he stared into Su Jinruo's eyes and spat out two words: "Skin peeling."

Hearing that, Su Jinruo was startled, then he peeled the skin of the grape and gave it to Shen Hancheng.

Unexpectedly, Shen Hancheng didn't turn his back on Su Jinruo, but rather, extended his hand out to take it, and pass it to his mouth.

Qian Yi, who was standing behind Shen Hancheng, frowned when he saw this scene.

Two men, you peel my grapes for me, I watched you eat the play, it's not over yet …

Just as Su Jinruo wanted to shift his gaze and look at the stage to see what was happening, Shen Hancheng opened his mouth and said: "Continue."

Su Yunruo's eyes sparkled, and she cast aside her pride and rank.

Peeling a grape for a person is in itself a very loving action.

The Seventh Prince Shen Hancheng, was she really going to push the rumors between her and him to the peak?!

He wanted to refuse, but Shen Hancheng seemed to have seen through her thoughts, and was the first to speak, "City Lord Su is staying by this king's side, this king will allow you to avoid the intrusion of mediocre people, and as compensation, will allow you to peel good grapes for this king. City Lord Su, do you have any objections?"

Of course I have my own opinions...

Only, Su Jinruo thought that the reason Shen Hancheng asked her to do this, was probably to lure out the person who planned all of this out, so he did not say it.

She looked at Shen Hancheng and said: "This official has no objections."

After he finished speaking, he saw Su Jinruo reaching out with his hand to pluck a round and smooth grape and seriously peeled off its skin.

A hint of happiness flashed invisibly in the depths of Shen Hancheng's eyes.

He leaned against the plum blossom wooden chair and became even lazier.

At this moment, the boring palace banquet seemed to have become less boring …

The grapes are small in size and need to be carefully peeled. Otherwise, if you are not careful, the grapes will fall to the ground.

Su Jinruo's scattered attention was now forced back a little.

When the talents of the entire palace banquet were displayed, the general's daughter, Baili Fushu, won first place with her Rainbow Sleeve Dance (a dance unique to Ranqi).

Originally, let Baili Miyun reveal his true colors today, but in the end, he did not carry out his plan.

The empress had intended to marry, and her words to Dongling Liusu had mostly hinted to him to withdraw Hundred Miles of Support.

But Dongling Liusu just laughed while smiling, and did not accept.

The banquet was halfway through.

After helping Shen Hancheng peel off the grapes on his plate, Su Jinruo withdrew his hand and left the palace banquet.

Shen Hancheng, on the other hand, did not stop her.

The white light of the warm moon diffused through the jade steps of the long corridor. A person bathed in the moonlight as he hurried over.

In the serene corridor, someone whispered, "Young master …"

Su Jinruo wore a dark green official's robe and leisurely stood with his hands behind his back.

Under the dim light, the person could not see her face clearly, so he could only lower his head apologetically.

"Young master, everything is my fault. I have disappointed young master's expectations. Please punish me!"

Ten days had passed.

Gongzi, in order to let her master her talents well, I have taught her for a total of ten days.

Although Young Master was extremely busy, he would always pick out some time to check on her progress.

Even if he couldn't manage her at times, he would definitely come to see her the next day.

In the ten days, although her young master had not said anything, she knew that he valued today's talents greatly.

But she …

However, at this time, he was unable to enter the stage.

In fact … And he even let her enemy win the first prize!

Su Jinruo slowly turned around, the lady was dressed in plain clothes, with her hair tied up in a bun, there was only a simple black jade hairpin, which was the outfit she saw in the hall today.

"Stand up." Su Jinruo's eyes were calm as she said: "I did not choose to show off my talents. Regarding this matter, you have to give me a reason."

Baili Miyun suddenly became silent. Her clear eyes drooped down, and she congealed on the dark ground, not responding to Su Jinruo's words.

The originally quiet long corridor, due to the silence of the two people, became even more silent and desolate.

After a long while, Su Jinruo slightly moved her sleeves, and she lightly said: "I have been waiting for your reply."

Baili Miyun slightly paused, then replied: "There's no reason, everything is Bewitching Cloud's fault."

Su Jinruo's eyes fell upon the hand that Baili Miyun had purposely concealed for a long time.

General Baili liked straightforward people.

Just like back then, when he met Baili Miyun's mother, he was deeply attracted by her straightforward and confident personality and wanted to marry her.

Now that the beauty had passed away, General Baili's love for her was deeply buried in her heart.

As one of the officials, it was the most unwise to speak out.

When General Baili was young and arrogant, he was already worn out by the chaos of the mortal world.

And Baili Miyun, as the daughter of the original General Baili, was naturally favored by the General Baili.

But... When General Baili married the successor wife, he was separated from his father by the current general's wife.

However, the influence that they had on the General Baili was still effective.

Baili Miyun lived in the General's Residence, even though he had suffered and lived in a world that was full of lies, which was set up by the General's Wife.

But whenever the General Baili had free time, she would go over to take a look.

Right now, if Baili Miyun wanted to take back everything he had, he had to firmly grasp the General Baili's love in his hands.

And today, was a godsend opportunity.

If Baili Miyun had listened to Su Jinruo's words, he would have displayed his talents, and today, Baili Miyun would have gained the favor of everyone, and even gained the respect of everyone in the General Baili.

"You were injured. Is that not the reason?" Su Jinruo focused on the instant raise of Baili Miyun's eyes, and continued: "You missed the opportunity, I won't blame you. I was only thinking, for a cooperating ally who is at a disadvantage, not seeking for help from an ally who is at a disadvantage, is this not trusting the other party, or..."

"No, no!" Baili Miyun abruptly interrupted Su Jinruo's guess and hurriedly explained:

In these short few days, I once again felt what it means to be warm. My heart was not able to thank you in time, so how could I not trust you?! "

"But... There are some words that Bewitching Cloud did not want to explain, because Bewitching Cloud did not want Young Master and Lady Lv Ruo to worry. Even if I had imagined this worry out of thin air … "

Ever since her mother had passed away, she only had a small maid by her side, accompanied by a mama who was over a hundred years old.

Unexpectedly, the new auntie was so merciless as to kill them one by one. Yet, she was completely powerless against them …

Thus …

The days of her suffering had finally arrived.

This lasted for three years.

Not a single day passed.

Baili Miyun stared into Su Jinruo's eyes. If not for their meeting at the celebratory feast, she would never be able to get along with such warmth in her life.

Baili Miyun's words were true, but it seemed as if he wasn't moved by Su Jinruo's words in the slightest.

Su Jinruo said: "You can continue to have useless thoughts, if I don't stop you, you can think that we will be worried about you, even if both of our hands are useless, and not willing to know even a little about you. I also won't stop you, this is your personal matter, I don't have any right to ask for advice, but I want to tell you, if you continue like this, then our relationship of allies, ends here."

His words were merciless and his expression was unpredictable. Most of the time, this was the attitude of someone who was indifferent …

Seeing Su Jinruo's calm face, Baili Miyun's eyes slowly started to cloud over.

If she blinked, the clouds and mist in her beautiful eyes would instantly congeal into tears that rolled down her fair cheeks.

She held out her hand and looked down at her skin, which had been deliberately scalded by the general's wife.

Right now, everything in the general's manor did not belong to her, and her father had not had the time to visit her.

After she was injured, she could only hastily apply some inferior medicine. It was very obvious that there had been no effect since yesterday until today …

Blisters appeared on her red palms. In addition to the hot weather, the wounds would easily become inflamed. The more severe the burns, the more likely it was that her hands would be crippled if she didn't receive treatment …

Baili Miyun laughed, he was indeed …

Serves him right!

Her enemies lived their own lives without restraint, yet she, due to unnecessary worry, gave up on seeking help. She was truly …

Extreme ignorance!

Immediately, Baili Miyun stared at Su Jinruo and said: "Sir, please rest assured. This will never happen again, Bewitching Cloud will protect himself well, and will never let himself suffer even the slightest bit of loss."

The moon outside the pathway was still as bright as it used to be. A light breeze blew past, and Su Jinruo's voice was as calm as it was white.

"Find a reason to return to your residence and have Lv Ruo apply medicine on you. "It's not good after all."

The group of palace lamps grew bright, and as the night fell, what was hidden was only an inch of loneliness. The great hall was filled with wine, but Su Jinruo was not happy.

After settling Baili Miyun's matter, she did not return to the great hall.

Instead, he leaned against the long corridor's carved railing and quietly watched the cold and lonely bright moon in the sky.

She was waiting for that person to come find her.

The light of the porch was flickering, shining on Su Jinruo's face, making her look even more unfathomable.

After a while, she heard footsteps approaching and slightly glanced sideways. She thought it was that person, but unexpectedly …

The lady in a light green palace dress walked towards Su Jinruo in a hurry.

Her fair cheeks flushed red, comparable to the red lanterns hanging on the long corridor.

When she saw Su Jinruo's figure, she started panicking, as though Su Jinruo had discovered some secret.

Su Jinruo looked at her fixedly as she stopped in her tracks.

The corner of her mouth twitched a few times. Out of the corner of her eye, she glanced back, but then she immediately retracted her gaze.

After calling the City Lord Su, she faced Su Jinruo's calm gaze and quickly left.

Su Jinruo's gaze followed her as a hint of contemplation flashed past his deep eyes.